About Susie Wise
Posts by Susie Wise:
Fireflies and Summer Professional Development Inquiry
My daughter came home from her after school tinkering workshop with the sweetest little firefly. The challenge was not elaborate. It was to make something that included: one cork, one item that was yellow, and some form of paper. But the minute I saw it I was taken back to last summer: It was an(…)
Prototyping the Extreme by Design WATCH+DESIGN workshop with K12 Lab Network Teachers
At the K12 Lab Network we live to prototype. Period. It is our primary mode of getting things done and learning what works and what doesn’t. At last month’s network event we did it with a twist. We had the great pleasure to screen a new documentary film by Ralph King and Michael Schwarz called Extreme by Design(…)
Breaker Summer 2013
We at the d.K12 Lab Network are very much looking forward to partnering with Breaker to build the Breaker 2.0 experience this summer. The project takes us to New York City, Detroit and San Francisco. In each city some adventurous 18-24 year olds will try their hands at design thinking and social entrepreneurship in a(…)
2013: Edu Innovator Partnerships
Collaboration is fundamental to design thinking and at the d.school we take partnering on projects and collaborating on experiments very seriously. (Meaning we try to do good work and have a lot of fun with a strong bias to action!)We’re excited to announce the d.K12 Lab Network’s first new project partners for 2013. They are(…)
Making Design Process Your Own: Visualizations and Variations
Making something your own is a key marker of learning. It is true for both individuals as well as for organizations. As design thinking as a way of learning spreads in schools and programs across the globe we are watching to see how people vary the design thinking process and make it their own. We(…)